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Zach Cregger’s ‘Resident Evil’ – Trailer, Release Date, Cast & Everything We Know
After breakout hit Barbarian, and Oscar-winning box office sensation Weapons, Zach Cregger triples down on horror with a new original story set in the Resident Evil universe.
Since the first Resident Evil game released in 1996, the franchise has seen nearly three dozen console games including nine mainline titles, eight feature films, live action and animated TV shows, comics, merchandise, and even multiple stage adaptations.
Cregger was given “carte blanche to do whatever he wanted to do,” according to Oliver Berben, CEO of Constantin Film, which produces the Resident Evil film franchise.
For his part, Cregger says he has played “a shit ton of Resident Evil” in the last few decades but also expects some fans to “crucify” him for deviating from the lore of the video games.
While we here at Bloody Disgusting cannot personally rescue you from Raccoon City, we can collect everything we know about Resident Evil into this handy FAQ to help you prepare for the film.
Check back between now and the film’s release for regular updates.
Official Synopsis: From the mind of visionary filmmaker Zach Cregger comes a thrilling — and terrifying — reinvention of the Resident Evil franchise. In an all-new story, Resident Evil follows Bryan, a medical courier who unwittingly finds himself in an action-packed, non-stop race for survival as one fateful, horrifying night collapses around him in chaos.
Release Date: September 18, 2026
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Cast:
Austin Abrams (Weapons, Euphoria)
Paul Walter Hauser (Richard Jewell, The Naked Gun)
Kali Reis (True Detective, Mercy)
Zach Cherry (Severance, You)
Johno Wilson (Twisted Metal)
FAQ
Is there a trailer for Resident Evil?
An official teaser trailer was released April 30th. Check it out below.
How long is Resident Evil?
In early April, World of Reel reported that a test screening of Resident Evil had a 90-minute run-time that is “all gas, no brakes.”
Run times often change between test screenings and the film’s completion, but the focus on tension and the “roller coaster ride of non-stop action” indicates that Resident Evil will likely be shorter than Cregger’s previous films.
Is Leon, Jill, or Chris in the new Resident Evil movie?
Nope! Cregger has confirmed his film is “outside of the characters of the games.”
“I’m not going to tell Leon’s story, because Leon’s story is told in the games. [Fans] already have that.” Cregger told Inverse in August of 2025.
What is the Prime Universe?
From Star Trek to DC Comics and beyond, the concept of the “Prime Universe” is one that recurs across some of the most popular fiction and science-fiction franchises. The conception of a Prime Universe allows storytellers to create one main canon, and separate universes for parallel stories that may or may not intersect with the main canon, a concept that will be familiar to comic book fans.
Likewise, the Prime Universe in the world of Resident Evil is the main storyline that began in the original 1996 Resident Evil game and has continued across all the console games as well as various animated movies, manga, and even a stage play, “Biohazard The Experience.” The live action film series is not considered part of the Prime Universe.
For a full list of Prime Universe media, visit the Resident Evil wiki.
Does Cregger’s Resident Evil connect to any of the video games?
Zach Cregger explains to IGN, “My rule for this movie was to try and make a movie that felt like my experience of playing the games, and that could live in the world of Resident Evil. I feel like this movie takes place alongside the events of Resident Evil 2. I like to think that everything that’s going on in the police station could be happening in this world. This is just another dude on another mission on the other side of town.”
“So yeah,” Cregger continues, “it’s not canon in that I’m using the characters, but it’s canon in that it lives in the actual day of reckoning in Raccoon City.”
What is the best Resident Evil movie?
This is, of course, a matter of personal taste but fans of the Resident Evil game franchise tend to prefer the animated films: Resident Evil: Damnation, and Resident Evil: Death Island.
Multiple discussion threads on Reddit tend to list the 2002 Resident Evil film as “the best,” and the film also has the highest audience score on Letterboxd.
The only way to know for sure, though, is to watch all the films and devise your own ranking.
Are the monsters practical or CGI in Resident Evil?
A report on the Resident Evil test screening from World of Reel said “practical effects dominate.” CGI monsters can always be added between test screenings and release but here’s hoping the final product feels visceral and terrifying no matter what.
Which monsters can you expect to see in Resident Evil?
Cregger tells IGN, “This movie doesn’t utilize zombies that much. It’s much more focused on the weird creature stuff than the zombies. There’s really only two scenes, maybe three, where there’s proper zombie stuff going on. And two of those three are in the trailer.”
“But other than that… I wouldn’t call this like a zombie movie,” Cregger continues. “I just feel like, you have this opportunity for the T-Virus to do all these really fascinating things to the human body, and to the world around you, and so to just limit it to zombies feels like a squandered opportunity. So I tried to really vary it up.”
The man who invented the Hollywood blockbuster has once again set his sights on the stars.
Steven Spielberg, the director behind Jurassic Park, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and so many other classics, is getting set to unleash his next otherworldly epic, Disclosure Day.
The announcement of the film in early 2026 immediately set off internet-wide speculation about the story and tone of the film. While the only way to learn the truth will be buying a ticket and seeing for yourself, Bloody Disgusting has tried to answer some of the most pressing questions about the upcoming film.
Reminder, this is merely an FAQ page for an alien movie. Bloody Disgusting has no official comment on the existence of life throughout the galaxy… or do we?
What We Know: Disclosure Day is an upcoming science-fiction film directed by the man who invented blockbuster storytelling, Steven Spielberg. Details are sparse but the trailers released so far suggest that Spielberg is telling another story about aliens, possibly through the lens of journalists or researchers informing humanity about the existence of life beyond Earth.
For Disclosure Day, Spielberg re-teams with writer David Koepp who also wrote the scripts for Spielberg’s Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Some outlets have speculated that this might even be a sequel to Spielberg’s 1977 moody alien thriller Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The only way to find out will be to go see it in theaters June 12, 2026.
Official Synopsis: If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to seven billion people. We are coming close to … Disclosure Day.
Release Date: June 12, 2026.
Genre: Thriller, Science-Fiction, Horror
Cast:
Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer, The Devil Wears Prada)
Josh O’Connor (Challengers, Wake Up Dead Man)
Colin Firth (The King’s Speech, Kingsman: The Secret Service)
Eve Hewson (Bridge of Spies, Robin Hood)
Colman Domingo (The Running Man, Wicked: For Good)
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Screenplay by: David Koepp
Story By: Steven Spielberg
FAQ
Who directed Disclosure Day?
Disclosure Day was created and directed by Steven Spielberg. You should check out a few of his other movies.
Who is in the cast of Disclosure Day?
Disclosure Day stars Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson, and Colman Domingo. This is the first time Spielberg has collaborated with any of these stars, with the exception of Colman Domingo who appeared in 2012’s Lincoln.
Will Disclosure Day play in IMAX theaters?
Yes, Disclosure Day will release in IMAX theaters on June 12, 2026.
Is there a trailer for Disclosure Day?
Yes, an official trailer for Disclosure Day was released on March 12, 2026.
Spielberg promised at CinemaCon that the entire third act of Disclosure Day is being kept out of the marketing, so it’s safe to say that many surprises are in store later this summer.
A second teaser trailer featuring a brief alien sighting is viewable here. But don’t worry, Spielberg has said that none of the marketing features anything from the third act of the movie.
Who shot Disclosure Day?
Disclosure Day was filmed by longtime Steven Spielberg collaborator Janusz Kaminski. Kaminski and Spielberg have collaborated on many other films including Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan, and Minority Report.
Is Disclosure Day a sequel to Close Encounters of the Third Kind?
No one knows besides Steven Spielberg and his collaborators. In an interview with Empire, however, Emily Blunt said: “There are definitely questions posed by Close Encounters that are answered in Disclosure Day.” So make of that what you will.
Is there a Disclosure Day Reddit?
While there is a subreddit dedicated to Disclosure Day, /r/disclosureday, the Steven Spielberg subreddit, /r/Spielberg, is much more active.
Is Disclosure Day based on anything?
The official synopsis says only that Disclosure Day is based on a story by Steven Spielberg. A documentary called The Age of Disclosure premiered at the SXSW Film Festival around the time shooting began on Disclosure Day. No official link between the two films has been confirmed.
Does Steven Spielberg believe in aliens?
At the 2026 South By Southwest Film Festival, Steven Spielberg said, “I don’t know any more than any of you do, but I have a very strong suspicion that we are not alone here on Earth right now — and I made a movie about that.”
Spielberg’s fascination with extraterrestrial life began when he was a child and his father took him to view a meteor shower. Spielberg later became interested in the work of J. Allen Hynek, an astronomer who did consulting work for the U.S. Air Force with regards to the possibility of alien life. The title of Spielberg’s original alien movie, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, comes from Hynek’s book, The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry.
What other alien movies has Steven Spielberg made?
Steven Spielberg’s initial alien movie was 1977’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Spielberg also directed E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, an original story about a young boy who meets a friendly alien, and War of the Worlds, an adaptation of H. G. Well’s science-fiction novel from 1898.
See below for official key art and cast photos for Disclosure Day.
Emily Blunt in DISCLOSURE DAY, directed by Steven Spielberg.
Crop circles seen in the official trailer for DISCLOSURE DAY.
Colin Firth attached to a brain monitor in DISCLOSURE DAY.
UPDATED 4/22/26 at 5:30 p.m. EST
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